A new mother, a Harvard grad and a coup leader: who are Thailand’s election candidates?

A group of women in their pyjamas look at a voter registration board at their polling station before early voting in Bangkok for the Thai general election. Photograph: Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images

More than 52 million Thais will go to the polls on Sunday 14 May to vote in an election that pits Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, against military-linked rivals. Unofficial results are expected the same night. However, the make up of the next government may not be clear until much later. Here are the main candidates:

Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Pheu Thai